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Artesanias

A new branch of Artesanias recently opened in outer Noe Valley, and continues their mission of providing home furnishings that are both affordable and good quality. ...

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Architectural Elements

Vintage furniture shopping can be exhausting (what a tough life we have!), and it's refreshing to stumble into a contemporary showroom while we're wandering around the Mission looking for teak crede...

Alessi

The renowned Italian manufacturer Alessi only has a few shops in California and we're happy one is in San Francisco. Although the prices are a little too high for us, we can't deny that Alessi make...

Alameda Point Antiques and Collectibles Faire

We admit it. We're Alameda addicts. We look forward to it every month, and sometimes it seems as though it's only the day following the fair that we're already starting to think about the next mon...

Antiques & Modern

Stripping furniture is just not our thing. We gave up halfway through our one attempt to strip a chair years ago. Of course, that was in the days before eco-friendly paint strippers. But still, w...

Ambatalia

Green is definitely the new black - it seems to us that almost everyone out there is jumping on the eco-friendly bandwagon these days. But few stores seem to take sustainability to heart as much as ...

Artesanias

We're hearing good things about Artesanias, over in Cow Hollow. From humble beginnings as an importer of furniture from South America, this place now sells a wide array of traditional and some cont...

AREA

AREA's a breath of fresh (outdoor) air in the traditionally stuffy and serious Jackson Square design scene. This is a store that caters to the senses: walk in, smell the slow-release scent of a Her...

AquaPal USA

Although we brought home a lot of pottery and ceramics when we worked in Japan ten years ago, and we bathed our way across the country before returning stateside, we are sad to say that we never bath...

Aria Tailoring

If you've ever searched for a good, affordable seamstress/tailor to, say, make a duvet cover out of vintage French linens, you'll have experienced the following: Outrageous price quotes. Being told ...

Antique Society

One of our favorite places in the North Bay is Sebastopol's Antique Society. The 20,000-square foot store is so full of good stuff that you can lose quite a lot of your afternoon after stepping insid...

Antique Trove

Sometimes it just seems like a really long time between first Sundays, when we make the trek to Alameda. And so we try to search out places that can give us that feeling of satisfaction that comes wi...

All Natural Stone

Last week we went with a designer friend to All Natural Stone. It was our first visit, but it definitely won't be her last. She was really pleased with the selection, the prices, and the service, an...

American Modern Furniture

While scavenging Craigslist, we noticed that American Modern Furniture is closing because "The furniture business is too tough for us, help us get out today!!!!!!! -- so we're re-posting this. They ...

Angie's List

We first read about Angie's List in the Chron. When we checked out the website, we were impressed with the consumer ratings system of contractors. Angie's List covers 30 cities (including San Franci...

Alyssa Ettinger Pottery

Thanks to AT reader Paige, we discovered Alyssa Ettinger Pottery. Alyssa Ettinger studied Ceramics and Creative Writing in school, worked in magazines, wrote a book,The eBay Home Makeover, and then r...

Abode

To walk into Abode is to take in a satisfying eyeful of what the home furnishings world labels "transitional style," meaning somewhere between traditional and contemporary. What this label doesn't c...